"I will reiterate that we have taken a decision, which is of the people, for the people and by the people - and also pro-people. We stand by it," Banerjee posted on her Facebook page. Her party with 19 MPs is the second-largest constituent of the UPA.

Miffed over the UPA government's decisions to raise diesel price and allow FDI in multi-brand retail trade, Banerjee Tuesday announced that the Trinamool Congress was withdrawing support to it.